Ed Lynch
New York Mets 1980–1985; Chicago Cubs 1986; New York Mets 1986; Chicago Cubs 1987
Percentile snapshot
1985 season — qualified pitchers
of 79 qualified 1985 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 89.1 | 89.3 | .311 | -0.1 |
| 1981 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .269 | .190 | .460 | 38.9 | 33.3 | .241 | 1.4 |
| 1982 | 43 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .029 | .000 | .029 | -110.6 | -91.0 | .022 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 30 | 64 | 52 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .170 | .154 | .324 | -20.9 | -9.1 | .155 | 0.3 |
| 1984 | 40 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .259 | .481 | 28.4 | 36.6 | .222 | -0.1 |
| 1985 | 31 | 64 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .127 | .077 | .204 | -49.2 | -40.4 | .108 | 1.7 |
| 1986 | 24 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .033 | .094 | .033 | .127 | -82.5 | -64.5 | .076 | 1.1 |
| 1987 | 58 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | -14.8 | -1.9 | .171 | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 19.3 | 5.12 | 1.500 | 4.19 | 2.75 | 77.6 | 69.1 | -0.1 |
| 1981 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 80.3 | 2.91 | 1.245 | 3.02 | 3.79 | 109.3 | 119.0 | 1.4 |
| 1982 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 55 | 40 | 51 | 6 | 139.3 | 3.55 | 1.328 | 3.29 | 3.46 | 95.9 | 101.5 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 208 | 83 | 41 | 44 | 17 | 174.7 | 4.28 | 1.426 | 2.27 | 4.19 | 115.7 | 84.7 | 0.3 |
| 1984 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 62 | 24 | 62 | 14 | 124.0 | 4.50 | 1.556 | 4.50 | 3.94 | 111.4 | 78.5 | -0.1 |
| 1985 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 188 | 73 | 27 | 65 | 19 | 191.0 | 3.44 | 1.126 | 3.06 | 3.67 | 105.4 | 101.3 | 1.7 |
| 1986 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 42 | 23 | 58 | 10 | 101.3 | 3.73 | 1.283 | 5.15 | 3.59 | 90.2 | 106.7 | 1.1 |
| 1987 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 66 | 48 | 80 | 17 | 110.3 | 5.38 | 1.613 | 6.53 | 4.78 | 112.4 | 79.0 | -0.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-07-25 | STL @ NYM Gameday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1983-08-20 | NYM @ SF Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987-08-21 | HOU @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1981-05-02 | SD @ NYM Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1983-05-16 | NYM @ PIT Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-08-10 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985-08-21 | SF @ NYM Gameday | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 1987-04-10 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 1985-05-18 | SF @ NYM Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 1980-09-24 | NYM @ PHI Gameday | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.